Armagh Presbyterian minister to be canon of city’s Cathedral - Down Cathedral welcomes two new canons - Archbishop of Canterbury urged to abandon Church insurers over 'derisory' settlements to abuse victims - More questions over priestly celibacy: Make your case, Pope tells Amazon diocese - Ugandan Mothers’ Union leader helps overcome HIV - Book Spot: Knowing God Through the Year by J. I. Packer - Press Watch: Denis Bradley: As the world turns its back on religion, Churches are being pushed closer together. Click here - CNI -news - November 4
Solid Joys, Lasting Treasure, celebration of Rev Liz McElhinney in Lurgan - Huge cross-community charity concert planned for Derry - New full–time chaplain at Bandon Grammar School - Archbishop Williams questions morality of big banks profiting on dirty fuels - Archbishop of Cape Town says “the ANC’s time may have passed”. Click here - CNI -news - November3
Group from Cork C of I visit Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland - Insight from Scottish Episcopal Church at Changing Attitude Ireland AGM lecture - Songs of Praise from Enniskillen to recall Remembrance Day - Remembrance weekend commemoration in Adare - Maynooth conflict intervention centre hosts Irish missionary’s lecture on peace and development in Eastern Africa - Ballyclare Male Choir in concert for Children’s Hospice Christmas Campaign, “Jingle All The Way” - Dublin cathedral concert in aid of Refugee Housing appeal - Reformation revisited in St Comgall’s, Rathcoole. Click here - CNI -news - November 2
Change as great as the Reformation is happening today, Bishop of Down - Help a Dublin school e-mail the world about the Reformation - Enniskillen memorial dedicated to Oates of Scott’s ill-fated polar expedition - 200 years of worship and witness at Nun’s Cross Church, Ashford, celebrated - HM Lord-Lieutenant for Belfast visits new Shankill Road mission centre - Irish sister honoured for inter-faith conflict resolution work in Nigeria - New rectory for Annalong parish. Click here - CNI -news - November 1
Christian Northern Ireland politician ‘frustrated’ at Stormont deadlock - Magheralin parishioner and entrepreneur shares brunch with Richard Branson - Earth bible commentary launch in Dublin tonight - Irish churchmen renew TCD link with Fukien mission - Christ Church Parish, Lisburn, to celebrate 175 years of witness - Rector appointed to Parish of Ballybeen - Belvoir Parish rector instituted - Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby’s pain at broken communion - Head of Martin Luther's monastic order calls the reformer 'obstinate, intolerant, abusive and rude'. Click here - CNI -news - October 31
Archdeacon Stephen Forde appointed Dean of Belfast - Archbishop Welby to present Anglican Reformation resolution to Catholic and Lutheran leaders - Stunning craft piece brings Christian communities in Tralee closer together - Bolton Library exhibition to return to Cashel - C of I minister uplifted at response to desecration of church in Galway. Click here - CNI -news - October 30
DUP MP Sir Jeffrey Donaldson welcomes prospect of visit by Pope Francis - Church ‘cannot stand by’ and let religion be removed from schools, Archbishop Martin - Derry clerics concerned at impact of 'highly dangerous' Halloween festivities on young - Dean of Limerick installed - Belfast sexton to take part in Everest marathon again - Archbishop of Galway condemns attack on C of I church - Reformation 500th anniversary: Lessons are loud and clear - Upcoming events. Click here - CNI -news - October 28
Reformation 500: Archbishop of Canterbury to mark Protestant and Catholic unity on justification - Wanton destruction of small C of I church near Clifden - Senior BBC music producer marks 25 years at Christ Church, Lisburn - Cigarette case 'saved' WW1 priest - Exhibition shines a light on the Reformation - Landmark Belfast church celebrates 50th anniversary - Grassroots campaign launched to persuade C of E to adopt gay blessings. Click here - CNI -news - October 27
Steam engine ecumenists help open new 3 million pound train museum - Anglican Oriental–Orthodox International Commission welcomed to Dublin’s Mansion House - Derry C of I Youth Officer thanked for unstinting service - New minister for Hope Community Church, Craigavon - Flute band plays at church ‘What does it mean to be a Prod?’ event - Majority of young Irish people feel church attendance is optional - New bells dedicated at Ypres Memorial Church. Click here - CNI -news - October 26
Christians in Ireland share responsibility in healing the pain of our troubled past - Diocesan and Parish Readers urged to be purveyors of hope - C of I bishop blesses new GAA park - Mothers’ Union vigil in Dublin to highlight gender based violence - Priest warns parishioners to leave if church is being robbed - Local source of Advent Calendars - Stunning cascade of knitted poppies adorns village church - Full communion proposed for US-based Methodist and Episcopal Churches. Click here - CNI -news - October 25
Lord Eames – As the dead and injured of Enniskillen were brought in, a nurse asked me: ‘Where is God in all of this?’ - Archbishop Martin of Dublin warns against polemics and nastiness in public debate - Luther's example is still driving our faith, Moderator - North Belfast Catholic church shuts over safety concerns - New Director of Irish Church Missions - Reformation Service from St Fin Barre’s Cathedral, Cork on RTE - Weekend celebration in Trim to honour Jonathan Swift - Quarter of C of E churches childless. Click here - CNI -news - October 24
St Patrick’s Cathedral celebrates Swift’s 350th birthday next month - Derry cleric calls on church to allow married priests - Ordination in historic Saul church - New C of I Chaplain at University College Cork - Archbishop of Canterbury boosts links to the Commonwealth of Nations - Cathedrals to trial contactless donation boxes - Anglicans and other Christian leaders demand action on Climate Change. Click here - CNI -news - October 23
New history of C of I launched - Two–day conference on ‘Reformation 500’ underway in Dublin - Church may be in the midst of a tectonic shift, Bishop Miller - New Youth and Children’s Ministry staff in Armagh - Sr. Anne Griffin short-listed for Dóchas 2017 Humanitarian Award - C of E Bishops under pressure to act as Hereford Diocese calls for official services for gay couples - Pope Francis praises John Wesley for leading people to ‘knowledge of Jesus Christ’. Click here - CNI -news - October 21
Pope marks 50 years of Catholic-Methodist dialogue - Bishop praises health service as he recovers from heart op - Cork community vows to repair storm damage to church - Remembering Cardinal Cahal Daly: 'There is no alternative to dialogue'. Click here - CNI -news - October 20
Fr Peter McVerry: ‘Evictions are a return to famine times’ - Armagh primates to open new £1.4m library and museum at Benburb Priory - Archbishop Jackson key speaker as Council of Christians and Jews celebrate 75th anniversary in London - Christian Aid supports eco-lodge made famous by new Daniel Radcliffe film - RTE Service for Remembrance Sunday - CITI service of Advent Carols and Readings. Click here - CNI -news - October 19
English bishop: you cannot be Catholic and support abortion - Ireland’s main opposition party votes to keep Eighth Amendment - Wholeness and Healing theme of Dublin service - Down & Dromore course for Pastoral Carers - Award winning director honoured by his former Cork school - New pilgrimage route launched in Scotland - Anglicans and Protestants welcome Pope Francis’ visit to Myanmar. Click here - CNI -news - October 18
C of I dean opened home as Ophelia loomed - All creatures great and small at special St Anne's Cathedral service for pets - Official Anglican – Orthodox dialogue group to meet in Dublin - Ireland’s Jewish population rose by nearly 29 percent in five years - Churches need courage in complexity, Archbishop Jackson tells Copenhagen conference - A quarter ton of Harvest support for South Belfast Food Bank - Parishioners of Killiney say farewell to their Rector - Irish Church can learn much from Brazil, Archbishop Martin. Click here - CNI -news - October 17
Reformation conference over-subscribed - Reformation Thanksgiving Service - Young people wanted to dramatise faith stories in Belfast - Successful start for Saturday Night Live in Down - Woodschapel Parish church set to re-open after refurbishment - Templepatrick choir members honoured for service - Exhibition Launched on Jesuit War Chaplain in Roscrea - God’s Church for God’s World: 2020 Lambeth Conference takes shape. Click here - CNI -news - October 16
Vast Scientology complex to be opened in Dublin today amid mystery about what it will be used for - Less than half of Church of Ireland members in Cork attend services - Seeing the impossible at Meath and Kildare Synod - Historic Lisburn quilt to be included in National Treasures archive - Morning Service from Bangor Abbey - Ahoghill and Portglenone churches become Safe Spaces - Cloughfern choir member’s 50 years of services - Coming events in Down and Dromore - New Derry Canon. Click here - CNI -news - October 14
Play revisits the Reformation and role of Martin Luther - Reformation 500 and Porvoo 25 focus of Cork clergy conference - Revealed: The most Roman Catholic county in Ireland, according to the CSO - An Post issues new stamp to mark the 100th anniversary of the Fatima apparitions - Church of Ireland funds buy stake in Nama holding company - Prayers answered in sale of site on Model Farm Road - Cahal Daly left footprints 'on the sands of time' - Christian Aid welcomes UK and Canada-led global alliance on the transition from dirty coal - Christchurch City Council consults on $10 million cathedral contribution. Click here - CNI -news - October 13
Belfast Cathedral hosts service for all creatures great and small - Homelessness in Dublin an ‘international scandal’, says C of I Archbishop - Individualism is the enemy of reasoned debate, Synod told - Serial anti-abortion protester promises court not to harass, pester or assault volunteer at a family planning clinic - Bullies among clergy contributed most to fall of Catholic Church in Ireland, says priest - Former long-term paramilitary prisoner is speaker at healing services - Assurances given on future of Donegal C of I hospital chapel - Inishowen Gospel Choir taking its award-winning singers to Lettermacaward - Donegal bride drives to church in dad’s tractor and leaves in hubby’s at farm-themed wedding - Cathedral to display “the most dangerous book in Tudor England”. Click here - CNI -news - October 12
Reformation 500: The Hedge School - Archbishop of Burundi visits Cork partner diocese - New Rector of Rathmines with Harold’s Cross - Church Board of Education welcomes RI budget - Thanksgiving service for former Presbyterian moderator Rev Dr Howard Cromie - C of E's equality law exemptions allow for 'abuse, homophobia and sexism' says bishop - Church of England speaks out on students fair controversy. Click here - CNI -news - October 11
Three ways of reconciling the Reformation, Archbishop Martin - Annual meeting of C of I and Catholic bishops - Rector Appointed to Christ Church, Dun Laoghaire - Crafty Harvest at Lisnaskea - Belfast Cathedral Pets' Service this Sunday - Kirk names Moderator Designate for 2018-19 - Church group says number of kids using gambling sites is 'astonishing' - Conservative Anglican leader breaks ranks: 'We are not walking together' . Click here - CNI -news - October 10
Archbishop Martin preaches at Reformation service in Armagh C of I cathedral - First ordination in Dundalk Parish since 1214 - New book celebrates the impact of Mothers' Union in Derry and Raphoe - Church Wardens make history with wedding in St Patrick’s, Ballyclug - Evening of poetry and music in memory of the Revd Canon Liz McElhinney - C of I Ordinands commissioned as parish Student Readers - Anglican Communion calls for repentance over divisive 'missionary' bishops - GAFCON responds to Primates' Communique. Click here - CNI -news - October 9
Changing the terms of Christian public engagement, Catherwood memorial event - Launch of Cork Diocesan Church Music Scheme - Reformation theme of Armagh Cathedral Organ Recital - Presbyterian Church marks 500th anniversary of the Reformation - Swedish theologian to speak on Reformation at at Cork Clergy Conference - Kilkenny city church hosts Voices Of Hope - Holy Family icon tours Down and Connor parishes - History Circle to start in Meath diocese . Click here - CNI -news - October 7
Princess Anne attends Cardinal Cormac’s memorial Mass - Galway to host Romanian Orthodox youth congress - This is Galway’s church, not just our church : Gary Hastings C of I rector - Church leaders convey sympathy on death of former Taoiseach Liam Cosgrave - Confusion still surrounds future of St Joseph’s Hospital - Walkout climbdown as Anglican primates hold together - Abuse inquiry to probe potential C of E 'secrecy' - Vatican youth summit to hear ‘doubts and criticisms’ of the Church. Click here - CNI -news - October 6
Charities band together to support people fleeing Myanmar - C of I fund aids Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh - New residential care home gets Presbyterian Moderator’s approval - Bell ringers tribute to senior bell–ringer of Enniskillen Cathedral - Clogher parish celebrates 200th anniversary - Archbishop Welby “taken aback” by Las Vegas prayer criticism - Welby 'sad' to discipline Scottish Episcopal Church - Scottish Anglicans defiant as they face 'consequences' for passing gay marriage: 'Love means love'. Click here - CNI -news - October 5
Church services in Dublin mark start of new Legal Year - Linen Hall library hosting Reformation exhibition - Church leaders’ prayers for Las Vegas victims - Walkout at Primates' Meeting threatened - 500 people gather for annual Faith and Life Convention in Down and Connor - Belfast church charges £150 to get married and doubles price of candles - Chief Scout Bear Grylls makes pitch for cash at Tory conference - Bishop who warned cervical cancer vaccine could lead to promiscuity apologises. Click here - CNI -news - October 4
Work Together for the Ireland You Deserve C of I Second Level Schools’ Service told - Pope expected to attend two events in Ireland next year - Ministers tell Church leave debate on HPV vaccine to the experts - Pro-life group raises more than €1m in donations in a year - Salvation Army launches new resource to engage the elderly - A Kurd Anglican priest backs independence referendum result - Quilt at church service remembers 62 children killed during Troubles - Ireland in crisis: new Dialogue of Hope group calls for radical rethink. Click here - CNI -news - October 3
The problems caused by the lack of Executive: MCI President - Catholic Bishop under fire for his claims on cervical cancer vaccine - Healing service to support persecuted churches - Derry cleric to Brittany via USA - Nine priests have died by suicide after false claims of abuse, says cleric who was also wrongly accused - Former director of Alliance party to train for C of E ministry - Chinese to build their own church in Dublin - Ex-scientologist warns about multi-million new Irish base - Anglican primates meet as temperatures rise (again) on same sex marriage - Anglican Consultative Council staff excluded from Primates’ meeting. Click here - CNI -news - October 2